bpv_881189 - CARACALLA Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 212-216
Mint name / Town : Serdica, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 19,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête lauréee de Caracalla à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AUT K. M. AUR SEU - ANTWNEINOS (Autokrator Markos Aurhlios Seuhros Antwneinos).
Obverse translation : (L'empereur césar Marc-Aurèle Sévère Antonin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent enroulé et nimbé (Agathodémon).
Reverse legend : OULPIAS -SERDIKH/S (Olpias Serdikhs).
Reverse translation : (Ulpia Serdique).
Historical background
CARACALLA
(05/27/196-04/8/211)
August
Serdica (Serdique), the current Sofia was located north of Mount Haemus on the banks of the Oiskos. Civic coinage began under Marcus Aurelius and continued until Gallienus with a very long interruption after the reign of Caracalla. An imperial workshop will be reopened under the Tetrarchy between 303 and 308.
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